…dividuals and organisations have signed up to join the coalition since our manifesto launched. I wrote a piece for WonkHE outlining the key asks in the manifesto, and why I feel so strongly about protecting the creative skills pipeline. 5. I heart degree apprenticeships 1 in 3 degree apprenticeship starts were at an Alliance University at last count. Through our members’ work we have seen first-hand how degree apprenticeships benefit students and…
…rt on what a Spending Review based on Wellbeing would look like. He was Permanent Secretary of the Treasury from 2002-2005 and served on the IMF and World Bank Boards. Gus is currently Chairman of Frontier Economics, Strategic Advisor to TD Bank, Executive Director and Strategic Advisor to Brookfield Asset Management, Chair of PwC’s Public Interest Body (PIB), President of the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and Chair of the Boar…
…: accessible guides to SSH in EU policy; workshops on SSH priority themes; online policyworker and researcher databases. They will build on this scoping work to implement: 4 Working Groups across SET-Plan themes; a Policy Fellowship scheme; an Early-Stage Researcher programme; masterclasses for policy, NGO, STEM, and media audiences; 4 online citizen debates; and a pan-European conference. Their core activities will both provide immediate insights…
…ll group tuition on specific topics. This has proved to be popular and, in many cases, pivotal to progression. Since the introduction of these methods, attendance at tutorials has improved markedly. The experience-led learning activity has resulted is a more holistic approach to student learning which promotes independent thought and an investigative style of working. The adoption of technology in many guises has helped to improve both student sat…
…arning Accounts and/or the expansion of Advanced Learner Loans, which may incentivise providers to offer a wider range of provision that would allow students to upskill and reskill through various forms and modes of post-18 education, based on their needs….
…veness. One of the ways we are achieving this is through Skills Bridge, an online platform we developed that makes it easier for organisations to find volunteers via the two universities for environmental projects. Student Capital can be adapted for any group, institution or community. As European Green Capital in 2015, Bristol produced “The Bristol Method,” a best-practice document for sustainability to help other cities. One of its modules is ab…
…s as a crew member in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Outside of work he still surfs, swims, does long solo surfski paddles. He previously competed in many and varied outdoor endurance events, after a long rugby playing and coaching background….
…adapted and operated a range of schemes to support and feed vulnerable groups of local residents. Most local councils do not offer meals on wheels services for older residents, but some have had to start doing so during Covid-19. Community groups have expanded food bank operations and set up community funds. Professor Wendy Wills, Director of the Centre of Research into Public Health and Community Care at the University of Hertfordshire, said: “I…
…. Alliance graduates account for 40% of the UK’s successful graduate start-ups. “We hope that this competition will help a few more of our enterprising graduates take the next step with their business and social enterprises.” ENDS Notes to editors: For more information on Innovating Future Business 2017, visit our website. Click here to read more about the students’ business proposals, and more details on the investors can be found on our blog. Da…
…which also led to a dedicated text for new teachers that is recommended by many primary and secondary teacher-training courses. Similarly, at further education level, NTU researchers are tackling disengagement among some groups of learners particularly where this arises from behaviour and motivation issues rooted in experiences of social and cultural exclusion. Work into black men’s experiences of further education (FE) won the researcher a Britis…
